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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS Stop HSF 250 and HSF 250 Patriot Series speakers. During the presentations, at-
Line Stop fittings and the Hydra-Tapper, tendees were provided a box lunch from
West Branch from page 25 a revolutionary lightweight tapping ma- Lenny’s Sub Shop sponsored by McCulley
chine that makes line taps on water and from Hydrostructures and Foley from
Stop, a permanent resilient seat wedge wastewater lines quick and easy. Hydra-Stop. Following the lunch, attend-
insertion valve that uses an engineered ees were given an opportunity to look at
reinforced composite polymer valve During the meeting, two restaurant the various products Foley had brought to
cartridge to stop flow in all types of pipe gift cards provided by Eddie Yaun from the meeting for display.
that can be installed under pressure, up to Stringfellow, Inc., were raffled off between
250 psi. Foley also discussed the Hydra-
Lower East Branch Meets in Chattanooga By Molly Gilbert
Topic: Diversity in the Workplace Affairs and Neighborhood Services; place was in the home, but today there
Donald Stone, Deputy Administrator with are 72 million women in the workforce.
The TCAPWA Lower East Branch the City of Chattanooga Public Works De- “Times have changed, but mindsets are
meeting on Sept. 23 at the Development partment; Intern with City of Chattanoo- slow to.”
Resource Center in Chattanooga tackled ga Public Works Department and Univer-
the topic of Diversity in the Workplace. sity of Tennessee at Chattanooga student Barriers for women in the workforce
Kimberly Strong, Public Information Krystina Kulakevich; and Julie Bertilis, include applying for a job when some-
Specialist for the Water Quality Program Territory Manager for the Southeast with times the perception is that women are
with the City of Chattanooga welcomed Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions. “only husband shopping or going to be
the 40 people in attendance for this suc- pregnant soon, so they won’t be around
cessful meeting and introduced the panel Offering insight on what diversity long.” Communication styles can also be
of four guest speakers who addressed means from a female’s perspective, Jack- a barrier for women in the workplace,
subjects ranging from age, race, religion son said, “Many of the jobs in the Public Jackson said.
and gender. Works field are not jobs that have been
held by women, and women have had to “Even though it is against the law to dis-
The panel included: Vanessa Jackson, break ceilings to be considered.” criminate because of gender, it is all about
Neighborhood Program Specialist with the mindset,” Jackson said. “Diversity in
the City of Chattanooga Multi-Cultural She reminded everyone that in the the workplace from the female perspec-
1960s the perception was that the woman’s tive is ever evolving. In 40 years, we have
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